Cahill Expressway
2. Research background information about the artist and their life.
Jeffrey Smart an Australian born artist was born on the 26th of July 1921 and sadly passed away at age 91 in 2013. Smart was trained at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under Marie Tuck from 1937 till 1941. In 1948 Smart moved to Paris to study at the Academe Montmartre with Fernand Leger. Although he did end up moving back home to Australia three years later. This led Smart to work as an art critic for the daily telegraph for another three years while also winning a Commonwealth Jubilee Prize in 1951. During this time Smart also worked as a presenter on ABC’s “Children’s Hour” and worked for a children’s radio station. In 1962, he worked …show more content…
A bald and somewhat round shaped man dressed in a navy-blue suit stands out compared to rest of the components of the work as he is painted in much more detailed and contrasts in colour compared to the expressway way that seems dull and empty of life. The man’s face seems to be the only bright pop of colour in the barren landscape. He is the only sense of life in the picture and seems very lonely. The picture shows how even in a place like city usually full of thousands of people you can still be lonely. The painting appeals to the audience as it makes you contemplate why the area is such a tiresome and gloomy place. Are all cities around the world like this from an outsider’s point of view? Why is there no commotion? And what is that man doing standing by himself on the side of the road? The painting consists of a main road leading to the bottom of the painting another road starting from the right-hand side of the artwork joins with the curved highway. Rusted and worn-out lamp-posts line the streets and tall bland buildings scatter the top left-hand corner of the painting. The painting interpreted the theme ‘the city’ as a main part of a city is its tendency to change which is shown through the construction barriers and equipment in the left corner, the highways used to get into the city and the vast areas of skyscrapers. Overall the painting expresses dull and lifeless emotions because of the way the urban landscape was
2. Research background information about the artist and their life.
Jeffrey Smart an Australian born artist was born on the 26th of July 1921 and sadly passed away at age 91 in 2013. Smart was trained at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts under Marie Tuck from 1937 till 1941. In 1948 Smart moved to Paris to study at the Academe Montmartre with Fernand Leger. Although he did end up moving back home to Australia three years later. This led Smart to work as an art critic for the daily telegraph for another three years while also winning a Commonwealth Jubilee Prize in 1951. During this time Smart also worked as a presenter on ABC’s “Children’s Hour” and worked for a children’s radio station. In 1962, he worked …show more content…
A bald and somewhat round shaped man dressed in a navy-blue suit stands out compared to rest of the components of the work as he is painted in much more detailed and contrasts in colour compared to the expressway way that seems dull and empty of life. The man’s face seems to be the only bright pop of colour in the barren landscape. He is the only sense of life in the picture and seems very lonely. The picture shows how even in a place like city usually full of thousands of people you can still be lonely. The painting appeals to the audience as it makes you contemplate why the area is such a tiresome and gloomy place. Are all cities around the world like this from an outsider’s point of view? Why is there no commotion? And what is that man doing standing by himself on the side of the road? The painting consists of a main road leading to the bottom of the painting another road starting from the right-hand side of the artwork joins with the curved highway. Rusted and worn-out lamp-posts line the streets and tall bland buildings scatter the top left-hand corner of the painting. The painting interpreted the theme ‘the city’ as a main part of a city is its tendency to change which is shown through the construction barriers and equipment in the left corner, the highways used to get into the city and the vast areas of skyscrapers. Overall the painting expresses dull and lifeless emotions because of the way the urban landscape was